Conceived by Edward Einhorn
Developed and directed by Edward Einhorn and Jenny Lee Mitchell
This year’s presentation will be at
Torn Page Salon, 435 W. 22nd Street
Saturday April 11 at 8pm
Sunday April 12 at 3pm
$25 recommended donation
Songs and sketches written in Terezín/Theresienstadt, from Lisa Peschel's anthology Performing Captivity, Performing Escape and other sources.
Full of satire, bitter humor, and hope, these pieces demonstrate how art became a vital survival technique for the inmates
Original work written by Armin Berg, Robert Dauber, Sergei Dreznin, Grigory Flidlider, Hans Hofer, Vitezslav “Pidla” Horpatzky, Jaroslav Jezek, Gideon Klein, Frantisek Kowanitz, Josef Lustig, Felix Porges, Frida Rosenthal, Erwin Schulhoff, Leo Strauss, Myra Strauss-Gruhenberg, Karel Svenk, Victor Ullmann, and Ilse Weber
With: Craig Anderson, Seth Gilman, Katherine Lerner Lee, Jenny Lee Mitchell, and Katarina Vizina
Musical direction and piano accompaniment: Maria Dessena.
On Saturday, guest performer: Barsha
On Sunday, guest performer: Lara Leiwson on violin
Part of Remembrance Readings program of National Jewish Theater Foundation—Holocaust Theater International Initiative